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Please join us for our next Library Labs Series Workshop - Discovering Images with ARTstor Workshop Description: “Looking for high-quality images? ARTstor is a digital library of millions of images in the arts, architecture, humanities, social sciences and more. Learn how these images can be downloaded and used in teaching, presentations, papers, and other academic applications. Instructors can also manage and share images within an institution and upload and store images in a personal collection folder.” Intended Audience:  Faculty, Staff, Students Dates & Times:  Wednesday , Dec 3, noon-1:00 p.m. Location:  LRC 316 Presenters:  Tom Reich, Collection Development Librarian; Lise Hawkos, Visual Resource Curator (CoFAC); Jen Hoyer, Library Relations Associate/ARTstor The workshop is free, but we would like you to   register here.   Cookies and refreshments will be served!

The UW System libraries will be moving to a new shared library management system. As a result, our current library catalog is officially going away on February 16, 2015 (the system that runs our catalog is no longer being developed by the vendor).  Our discovery tool, Search@UW, will continue as the interface for searching our library holdings and also functions as the UW System Libraries shared catalog. Below are some important dates we would like you to be aware of that may impact services. We will also send reminders closer to these dates as well: January 8 – Universal Borrowing and other resource sharing will be handled via the Interlibrary loan system until the new system is live on February 16 th . It may take a bit more time to get materials from other libraries during this period. January 15 – Deadline for Spring Semester Reserve requests – for physical items only (books, DVDs, etc.). January 20 -  New items will not be ordered, purchased, cat...

A Deadly Wandering:  A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention By Matt Richtel Call number:  HE 5614.3 .U7 R53 2014 Review from the New York Times   Publisher's Description:  From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Matt Richtel, a brilliant, narrative-driven exploration of technology’s vast influence on the human mind and society, dramatically-told through the lens of a tragic “texting-while-driving” car crash that claimed the lives of two rocket scientists in 2006. In this ambitious, compelling, and beautifully written book, Matt Richtel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times , examines the impact of technology on our lives through the story of Utah college student Reggie Shaw, who killed two scientists while texting and driving. Richtel follows Reggie through the tragedy, the police investigation, his prosecution, and ultimately, his redemption. In the wake of his experience, Reggie has become a leading advocate again...

New in the IMC - on the Library's 3rd floor Eyes Wide Open:  Going Behind the Environmental Headlines By Paul Fleischman Call Number:  IMC TD 170.15 F54 2014 Review from Kirkus Reviews Publisher's Description :  Paul Fleischman offers teens an environmental wake-up call and a tool kit for decoding the barrage of conflicting information confronting them. We're living in an Ah-Ha moment. Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle never before seen. The downsides weren't visible for centuries, but now they are. Suddenly everything needs rethinking – suburbs, cars, fast food, cheap prices. It's a changed world. This book explains it. Not with isolated facts, but the principles driving attitudes and events, from vested interests to denial to big-country syndrome. Because money is as important as molecules in the environment, science is joined with politics, history, and psychology to provide th...

Please join us for a free workshop!  Three different sessions offered for your scheduling convenience  Wow the Crowd! Successful Prezi Presentations Learn how to: Create, edit and share a Prezi When & Where: Mon  Nov 10  6:00pm (Room 316) Tue   Nov 11 4:00pm (Room 316) Wed  Noc 12  6:00pm (Room 316) Instructor: Laura Wood  (UW-Madison, School of Library and Information Studies Graduate Student  & University Library intern) This is an SBE approved event Check here for upcoming workshops